Piercy,
Glad to see you're back and healthy, at least healthy enough to post. Now, CHILL OUT DUDE.
Don't discuss theory or prices because without proof it's meaningless. Just do yours and put them up.
Matching JPs for cues is a really nice thing to have. Artsy ones are really cool. People have been doing artsy ones for awhile. Prather did sculptured ones. Alton is rocking them.
Obviously a market is there for them so build what you want and charge what you want. Word will get around if you end up being willing and able to do them.
But remember this, it's not the JP's that define the cue. The cuemaker gets the accolades. So focus on being a cue maker because that's where all your potential is.
Let the JP's be an artistic expression of what you are capable of - on your cues. Don't fool with becoming tied into making JPs when you already make fantastic cues.
That's my advice.
And take it from an old forum warrior, don't antagonize the board uneccessarily. They reward performance here - lot's of words not so much. Took me a long time to learn that, you don't have to learn the hard way.